[nfb-talk] [nfbnh-news] Independently Voting in 2006

[dmgina]

Oh I still would love to do this from home.

I am pleased we got this far.


--Dar
wishing a
backTpack
call me at
406-259-1124
Every Saint has a past,
Every sinner has a future ,
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [nfbnh-news] Independently Voting in 2006


> No way! Too much potential for security problems!
>
> Mike
>
> On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, dmgina wrote:
>
>> Wow done by phone.
>> That is grate.
>> Now I can't wait until we can do this from home by phone.
>> I love to see progress.
>>
>>
>> --Dar
>> wishing a
>> backTpack
>> call me at
>> 406-259-1124
>> Every Saint has a past,
>> Every sinner has a future ,
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at localnet.com>
>> To: <nfbnh-news at yahoogroups.com>
>> Cc: "nfb-talk" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>; "nhblind-talk"
>> <nhblind-talk at listserv.icors.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:15 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [nfbnh-news] Independently Voting in 2006
>>
>>
>>> Steve Hoad posted his positive experience using the phone/fax voting
>>> system.
>>> Interesting that Maine used the same system, tho he was concerned that 
>>> if
>>> no
>>> one else used it his ballot would not be secret. Here in NH the election
>>> officials were told to use it so there would be a number of other faxed
>>> ballots to mask yours. When I voted in Moultonboro around 3 PM no one 
>>> else
>>> from the general public had used it, but eight election officials had.
>>> It worked perfectly tho it was slow. I had skipped one contest on 
>>> purpose,
>>> and when I finished it reminded me of this and directed me how to go 
>>> back.
>>> I
>>> did so. There were two propositions and it offered to read them before I
>>> voted, but did not insist that I do so.
>>>
>>> It took me far longer to vote than it took my wife, so she got fat 
>>> eating
>>> the post-voting bribes of chocolate always given out at the Moultonboro
>>> polls.
>>>
>>> The buttons on the phone were very large and several times I did not 
>>> move
>>> far enough to the right to hit "6" for next candidate, but its speech
>>> corrected my actions.
>>>
>>> I am carboning this to NFB-talk for the sake of those there monitoring 
>>> the
>>> success of accessible voting nation wide. I have forgotten where I was
>>> supposed to write, but I figure it will be picked up there.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>>
>>> Edmund R. Meskys
>>> NIEKAS Publications
>>> National Federation of the Blind of N.H.
>>> Moultonboro Lions Club
>>> edmeskys at localnet.com
>>> 322 Whittier Hwy
>>> Moultonboro NH 03254-3627
>>> my credo:
>>> Clinton lied, nothing happened
>>> Bush lied, thousands died
>>> and over 3,000 permanently brain injured
>>>
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